the nerves more or less tinged with purple, and slightly 

 pubescent. Petals 5, broader than long, rounded, more 

 or less crumpled, very much imbricate, of a reddish 

 crimson with a small orange-coloured spot at the base. 

 Stamens from 60 to 70, about the length of the style : 

 filaments smooth, very slender, pale yellow : pollen yel- 

 low. Germen densely tomentose. Style much twisted, 

 and very slender at the base, thickening upwards. 

 Stigma capitate, granular. 



Our drawing of this handsome plant was made at 

 the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, 

 at Fulham ; it is nearly related to H. rhodanthum, but 

 is readily distinguished by its canescent leaves and 

 stronger growth : it is also related to H. roseum of 

 Jacquin, but we think it can scarcely be the same spe- 

 cies, and we have not yet had the opportunity of com- 

 paring them. H. roseum of Allioni and Decandolle is 

 a very different plant, of which we intend giving a 

 figure in our next Number ; the present, we believe, 

 bears the darkest coloured flower, if not the handsomest 

 of the genus ; it is also very large for the size of the 

 plant, which is well suited for the ornamenting of rock- 

 work, but will require a little covering in severe frosty 

 weather ; it succeeds well in a light sandy soil ; and 

 young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn,, 

 soon strike root. 



